White Sox bonus baby Joe Borchard doesn't see any opportunities with the White Sox. He's thinking of returning to football.

Borchard said he has talked to both general manager Ken Williams and assistant GM Rick Hahn several times this offseason about being traded. With those requests not being met as spring training camps open this week, Borchard now is entertaining the idea of pursuing a football career he walked away from when the Sox drafted the two-sport athlete from Stanford in 2000.

''This was the first offseason where I did start thinking about things differently,'' Borchard said. ''I talked to an old offensive coordinator friend of mine from college who is now in the CFL [Canadian Football League] and asked him if I had a chance to play in that league still. He told me, 'You've got a spot waiting for you.' So, yeah, you start thinking about it.''

Looking at his minor league numbers, I see why there's so little interest in Joe. There's nothing outstanding there. When a team gives a college player a $5.3 million bonus, he should be in the majors pretty quickly. The deal didn't work for the White Sox. At least Borchard has other options.